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Tue 23 Jan 2024

Charles Allan Aberhart memorial (Hagley Park North)
Audio from the memorial event to honour Allan Aberhart, on the 60th anniversary of his killing in Hagley Park
Features: Amy Carter, Denis Aberhart, Grant Robertson, Kelly Hopkins, Loren Aberhart
Links: PrideNZ.com
Charles Allan Aberhart memorial - interviews (Hagley Park North)
Interviews with family members and people who attended the memorial event to honour Allan Aberhart, on the 60th anniversary of his killing in Hagley Park
Features: Denis Aberhart, Gavin Young, Grant Robertson, Hugh Young, John Wooles, Kelly Hopkins, Lianne Dalziel, Lily McFarlane, Loren Aberhart, Maree Richards, Nicole Skews-Poole
Links: PrideNZ.com

Mon 23 Jan 2023

Black Caps set to play final ODI against India
Pride is at stake when the touring Black Caps play the third and final ODI against India tonight...
Links: RNZ
Championing Youth and Queer Communities: Christchurch Welcomes Pacific Sisters For The...
Links: Express
Openly Gay Rugby Player and Bobsledder Simon Dunn Dies Suddenly
Links: Express

Sun 23 Jan 2022

Auckland's Pride Festival is cancelled due to the threat of COVID-19 Omicron (Auckland region, New Zealand)
The festival was due to run 1-27 February 2022.
Links: Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand is placed into the Red COVID-19 traffic light setting (New Zealand)
Omicron transmission has been detected spreading in the community (Auckland, Palmerston North and Nelson area)
Links: Stuff.co.nz

Sat 23 Jan 2021

Ian Johnstone - Compass (Wellington)
Television producer Ian Johnstone talks about a programme he produced on homosexuality and law reform. The programme was part of the Compass series and broadcast on 27 April 1967
Features: Ian Johnstone
Links: PrideNZ.com

Thu 23 Jan 2020

Rotorua kidnapper Blaine Maney sentenced
A former methamphetamine addict has been jailed for six years and eight months for kidnapping and violently attacking three women...
Links: NZ Herald
YouTuber NikkieTutorials reflects on growing up transgender in first interview since coming out
Nikkie de Jager, otherwise known as YouTube star NikkieTutorials, appeared on Wednesday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and spoke about coming out as transgender...
Links: Stuff
Long Time Family Bouncer Hans Wesche Dies Following Cancer Battle
Links: Express

Wed 23 Jan 2019

Supreme Court backs Trump's transgender military ban
The United States Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to enforce his policy of banning certain transgender people from the military...
Links: RNZ
Trump's military transgender ban set in motion
The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT) allowed President Donald Trump's broad restrictions on transgender people serving in the military to go into effect while the legal battle continues in lower courts...
Links: Stuff
Queer Eye’s Fab Five Do Beyonce, Britney, and Gaga in New...
Links: Express

Tue 23 Jan 2018

'Defiance disorder': Another book describes chaos in Trump's White House
In late July, the White House had just finished an official policy review on transgender individuals serving in the military and US President Donald Trump and his then-chief of staff, Reince Priebus, had agreed to meet in the Oval Office to discuss the four options awaiting the president in a decision memo...
Links: Stuff
HIV positive Rotorua man jailed for sexual violation
An HIV-positive Rotorua man who sexually violated a younger man has been sent to prison for four and a half years...
Links: NZ Herald
HIV sex attacker leaves victim feeling 'utter devastation'
A sex attack victim has revealed he is unable to continue with normal life after being assaulted by an HIV positive man he considered part of his family...
Links: Stuff
Luvvie Ajayi: Professional Trouble Maker
Veteran blogger Luvvie Ajayi likes to think of herself as a professional trouble maker...
Links: RNZ
Mother calls gay bar for advice after son comes out to her
In 17 years of bartending, Kara Coley says she never handled a phone call like the one she answered one evening last week...
Links: NZ Herald
Part Two: Rainbow Pasefika: We Exist, We Belong
Links: Express
Study Suggests Grindr Is The Most Likely App To Make People...
Links: Express

Mon 23 Jan 2017

Bourke Street Rampage Driver Allegedly Stabbed Brother Over His Sexuality
Links: Express
iLoveMakonnen Comes Out
Links: Express
LGBT+ Page Disappears From White House Website
Links: Express
LGBTI page removed from White House website
The LGBTI rights page on the White House website disappeared just hours after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump on Friday...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 23 Jan 2016

GLBTI lives: Chris Olwage
Next up for our summer series we talk to Chris Olwage, New Zealand’s very own Black Swan, about his life in the spotlight and working in the LGBTI community...
Links: GayNZ.com
More action urged on trans prisoner safety
Around 150 people gathered on Auckland's Queen Street last evening heard that prisons remain dangerous places for transgender prisoners and that the entire prison ethos needs re-thinking...
Links: GayNZ.com
No youth stepping up to organise says performer
Zakk d’Larté says when it comes to youth and the Auckland Pride Festival, people are saying they want to be more involved and have more youth events but no one is stepping forward to organise or create these events...
Links: GayNZ.com
UK to officially ban poppers
The UK is officially banning poppers from this April, with anyone passing on a bottle facing a potential seven years in jail...
Links: GayNZ.com
Youth hui planned pre-conference in Wellington
InsideOUT have teamed up with local LGBTI youth organisations in Wellington to host a free pre-Proud Conference youth hui this February...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 23 Jan 2015

Express Exclusive: Performers and DJs Announced For Proud Party
Links: Express
All welcome to sport and culture wknd
Organisers of Wellington’s Rainbow Sport and Culture Weekend are encouraging people to come along and get involved...
Links: GayNZ.com
Charlotte Loh to be farewelled tomorrow
Charlotte Loh A funeral service will be held for 22-year-old Auckland trans woman Charlotte Loh tomorrow...
Links: GayNZ.com
Conference seeks to empower, unite youth
Keynote speaker David Kilmnick Next month’s NXT15 Youth Leaders Conference will bring together youth advocates from New Zealand and the Pacific with the theme ‘Strength in Numbers’...
Links: GayNZ.com
France's Other Nightmare: The French National Front
Here in New Zealand, we tend to focus our attention squarely on the dominant source of organised, strategised homophobia and transphobia, the Christian Right...
Links: GayNZ.com
Guide to the LYC Big Gay Out 2015
The much-loved community event returns to Coyle Park in Pt Chevalier, Auckland, on Sunday 8 February from midday to 7pm...
Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 23 Jan 2014

"A wake-up call"
Ground-breaking research backing up all the anecdotal evidence that many transgender teenagers are struggling with mental health issues, lacking access to healthcare and being bullied is being described as "a wake-up call for all of us"...
Links: GayNZ.com
"A wake-up call"
Ground-breaking research backing up all the anecdotal evidence that many transgender teenagers are struggling with mental health issues, lacking access to healthcare and being bullied is being described as "a wake-up call for all of us"...
Links: GayNZ.com
'Glamorous warrior' Natasha Hohepa dies
Auckland's trans and takataapui communities are mourning the loss of one of their most glamorous old kuia and warriors, Natasha (Nat) Allen-Hohepa, who has died in Auckland after a long fight against cancer...
Links: GayNZ.com
Out Takes film fest coming back to ChCh
Hollywood Cinemas in Sumner will host the festival New Zealand’s glbti film festival is returning to Christchurch...
Links: GayNZ.com
Russian gay-baiter 'Cleaver' arrested in Cuba
A Russian Neo-Nazi who has filmed gay men being assaulted and humiliated, driving at least one to later commit suicide, has been arrested in Cuba for ‘extremism’...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 23 Jan 2013

Emotions run high at marriage equality hearing
In a day of submissions highly charged with emotion the Select Committee on the marriage equality bill has heard from tearful and passionate glbti people and their families of the effect state marginalisation has had on their lives...
Links: GayNZ.com
K Rd community safety meeting scheduled
Karangahape Road Following the most recent of a series of attacks on gay men on and around Auckland's gayest street a community meeting has been announced to air concerns and seek out solutions to improve personal safety in the area...
Links: GayNZ.com
Malaysian politician wins gay libel case
Anwar Ibrahim A Malaysian politician has won a libel case after a newspaper claimed he said glbti activities should be legalised...
Links: GayNZ.com
More violence against gay protesters in Moscow
Supporters kiss a wounded gay activist outside the Duma A demonstration against punitive anti-gay law proposals has turned violent when religious supporters of the bill attacked gays outside the State Duma in Moscow yesterday...
Links: GayNZ.com
Obama: First inauguration to mention gays
In the first inaugural speech by a US president to mention gays, Barak Obama has signaled his intention to advance equal rights for glbti people...
Links: GayNZ.com
Pro-gay National MP Nikki Kaye promoted
Nikki Kaye MP Pro-gay equality Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye has moved up the board in the National party, with several new portfolios added to her ministerial responsibilities...
Links: GayNZ.com
Smith s apology
John Jolliff and Des Smith The Wellington gay couple who found questions asked by a marriage equality select committee member offensive say they are "interested and surprised" to hear that the MP has apologised and say that he opposes discrimination...
Links: GayNZ.com
Tongan Christians seek to turn gays straight
A Tongan language Bible A Tongan church leader has today said that their churches' love and support for gays amongst their flock is expressed by encouraging them to become heterosexual and produce babies...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 23 Jan 2012

Roman Skorek is stabbed to death in Kuirau Park, Rotorua
Four young men were charged with his murder
Wellington remembers Carmen
Former friends, admirers and people from all walks of life who encountered Carmen in her Wellington days have gathered to pay their respects to the late diva at a memorial service in Wellington, where Georgina Beyer made the call to current politicians present “no statue to Blanket Man, yes to Carmen”...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 23 Jan 2011

Television item (New Zealand)
Misc-drama, ref: TZD7284.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Cole supports anti-bullying after 'gay' taunts
Brendan Cole A straight Kiwi-born professional dancer has signed up to an anti-bullying campaign because of his experiences of being taunted as gay during his childhood...
Links: GayNZ.com
Nervous night passes for burned out couple
Photo: John Selkirk/Fairfax media The two women whose Mangawhai horticultural business was burned to the ground in what appears to be a homophobic hate attack have spent a nervous but uneventful night exactly a week after the conflagration...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 23 Jan 2010

17,046 condom packs for NZ's sexy summer
Safe sex workers distributed a total of 17,046 holiday condom and lube packs to gay hotspots around New Zealand over the summery Christmas and New Year break, says the NZ AIDS Foundation...
Links: GayNZ.com
17,046 condom packs for NZ's sexy summer
Safe sex workers distributed a total of 17,046 holiday condom and lube packs to gay hotspots around New Zealand over the summery Christmas and New Year break, says the NZ AIDS Foundation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Same-sex couples hold hands across the world
Gay and lesbian people from around the globe are invited to grab their loved one's hand and take a picture for a new campaign...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 23 Jan 2009

Alison Laurie - KAHA Youth Hui 2009 (Tapu te Ranga Marae)
Elizabeth Kerekere introduces a queer history talk by Alison Laurie
Features: Alison Laurie, Elizabeth Kerekere
Links: PrideNZ.com
Extreme Taupo - KAHA Youth Hui 2009 (Tapu te Ranga Marae)
Wai Ho talks to people from the peer support group Extreme Taupo
Features: unidentified voice(s)
Links: PrideNZ.com
NAGS Nelson - KAHA Youth Hui 2009 (Tapu te Ranga Marae)
Wai Ho talks to Tabby Besley about NAGS in Nelson and an unidentified person talks about a workshop on sexuality and gender
Features: Tabby Besley
Links: PrideNZ.com
North Canterbury - KAHA Youth Hui 2009 (Tapu te Ranga Marae)
Wai Ho talks to Kerry Brown about the North Canterbury queer support group.
Features: Kerry Brown
Links: PrideNZ.com
Qtopia Christchurch - KAHA Youth Hui 2009 (Tapu te Ranga Marae)
Wai Ho finds out more about the youth support group Qtopia
Features: unidentified voice(s)
Links: PrideNZ.com
Reactions to day 1 of the KAHA 2009 Youth Hui (Tapu te Ranga Marae)
Participants at the KAHA hui reflect on the first day
Features: Mike Bryant, unidentified voice(s)
Links: PrideNZ.com
All aboard the Pink Flight to Mardi Gras!
Ready for takeoff: Buckwheat Air New Zealand's Pink Flight to Sydney's Mardi Gras is back for its third year, and Flight Attendant Buckwheat says she has some surprises planned for the planeload of Trans-Tasman travelers… "This year the Pink Flight goes glam!" she tells GayNZ...
Links: GayNZ.com
All invited to Pride '09 launch at Purple
Beginning a month of parties, shows, sports, arts, networking and theatre, Auckland's Pride '09 Festival Launch is now confirmed for K' Road's Purple Bar on Sunday 1st of February...
Links: GayNZ.com
Former Dot's bar owner joins NZAF staff
The former owner of much-missed Ponsonby Road bar Surrender Dorothy - and the alter ego of drag diva Onya Nees - has started work at the NZ AIDS Foundation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Former Dot's bar owner joins NZAF staff
The former owner of much-missed Ponsonby Road bar Surrender Dorothy - and the alter ego of drag diva Onya Nees - has started work at the NZ AIDS Foundation...
Links: GayNZ.com
Milk movie nominated for eight Oscars
The film which tells the story of assassinated gay politician Harvey Milk, has overnight been nominated for eight Academy Awards...
Links: GayNZ.com
Perth: Lesbian killer's appeal denied
A young lesbian from Perth who is serving a minimum of 24 years in jail after she and her girlfriend brutally killed a teenage girl and dumped her body in a wheelie bin has been denied a reduced jail sentence...
Links: GayNZ.com
Summer fun around the bars this weekend
Many of New Zealand's gay drinking hotspots are celebrating summer - and Auckland's Anniversary holiday on Monday - with special events this weekend...
Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 23 Jan 2008

'Brokeback Mountain' star Ledger dead at 28
Actor Heath Ledger, 28, who won acclaim for his role as a co-star in 2005's gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain, has been found dead in his New York City apartment, the NYPD confirms...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hamilton fun bus for Auckland's Big Gay Out
The Waikato's LGBT community has been invited to get on board a 'Priscilla'-style adventure bus trip going to Auckland's Big Gay Out family outdoor day on Sunday 10 February...
Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 23 Jan 2007

Auckland
Downtown Auckland's “Pink Dollar' nightclub is closed for business - only a month after it opened...
Links: GayNZ.com
Boys who Lip-Sync on YouTube
"Haha," reads the description, "me and chris got a little bored today so we thought we would make a classic video!" And 18 year old Jake Walmsley and Chris Green from the UK city of Derby did just that...
Links: GayNZ.com
Enquiry continues into Taupo 'mob' attack
Taupo police are still in touch with two gay brothers who say they were attacked in Taupo on the 27th of December...
Links: GayNZ.com
Hunger-busting plea for Big Gay Out
This year's Big Gay Out organiser is urgently appealing for more food vendors at the event...
Links: GayNZ.com
Mystery surrounds BGO name grab bid
5...
Links: GayNZ.com
Obituary: Stanley Waipouri, 1967-2006
Stanley Waipouri My name is Danny Delamere and my partner is Craig Young - a...
Links: GayNZ.com
Radio hosts behind Big Gay Out fears
11...
Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 23 Jan 2006

Television item (New Zealand)
Kiwifruit, ref: TZP315704.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Ministry of Health may review donor policy
After a Wellington man incited heated debate over the current Ministry of Health policy which forbids gay men from donating sperm in New Zealand, the Ministry has said it may review the ban if the Human Rights Commission asks it to do so...
Links: GayNZ.com
NZ gay men cannot donate sperm
A Wellington man has opened debate over whether New Zealand's current Health Ministry policy of banning gay men from being sperm donors should be reviewed...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 23 Jan 2005

Queen plans to strengthen Vinegar Hill
The new Queen of Vinegar Hill is honoured by her selection and says she welcomes the chance to give something back to the annual glbt summer holiday gathering...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wgtn. High protest now timed for 11.30am
The organisers of today's protest against Destiny Church's access to Wellington High School for its services fear an incorrect start time for the protest may reduce numbers protesting...
Links: GayNZ.com
Wigs moved due to Cher conflict
Wigs on the Waterfront, the popular annual drag event at Auckland's Viaduct Basin, has been moved to a date outside the Hero Festival this year because of a conflict with pop diva Cher...
Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 23 Jan 2004

Public forum on civil unions in Wgtn
A public forum on same-sex marriage and civil unions is to be held this coming Wednesday in Wellington...
Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 23 Jan 2000

Snapshot 2000 - Nigel (Sydney)
Nigel talks about coming out and first sexual experience.
Links: PrideNZ.com
Snapshot 2000 - Scott (b) (Sydney)
Scott talks about coming out and first sexual experience.
Links: PrideNZ.com

Mon 23 Jan 1989

Video Warning (Press, 23 January 1989)
In a letter published on 23 January 1989, J.B. Russell expresses concern regarding a prior article titled “Unsafe sex without warning,” which critiques the limitations of the Video Recording Board in addressing the content of certain videos. Russell highlights the board's inability to mandate a warning about unsafe sexual practices...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 23 Jan 1988

Judge Likens Youths To British Hooligans (Press, 23 January 1988)
On 23 January 1988, a District Court judge in Auckland, Judge Duncan, condemned the violent attack by two youths on a 60-year-old man, likening it to the gang violence seen in Britain. The offenders, 19-year-old Dean Lee Marvin, a truck driver, and 17-year-old David Mark Everett, a manager, had previously...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Let’s Call A Spade A Spade (Press, 23 January 1988)
On 23 January 1988, a column discussed the overuse of adjectives and euphemisms in journalism and societal communication, criticising their tendency to dilute meaning and coherence. The author expressed frustration with descriptors like "run-of-the-mill" and "happily married," arguing that they are unnecessary and often misleading. For instance, the statement about...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
Sex Changes In The Music Halls (Press, 23 January 1988)
Vesta Tilley, written by Sara Maitland and published in 1987 by Virago Press, is a detailed exploration of the life and career of Vesta Tilley, a renowned performer of the Victorian music halls. Matthews' review highlights the transformation of music halls from venues associated with social vice in the 1840s...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 23 Jan 1986

Addicts And A.i.d.s. (Press, 23 January 1986)
In a letter dated January 1986, Paul Maling responds to L. A. H. Bogren's commentary regarding the Ten Commandments and their relation to homosexuality. Maling argues that the Ten Commandments do not explicitly forbid or reference homosexuality, countering Bogren’s implication. He asserts that both homosexuality and heterosexuality are valid expressions...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Fri 23 Jan 1981

Mass Killer To Be Held In Hospital (Press, 23 January 1981)
Bruce Lee, a 20-year-old man, has confessed to being responsible for a series of arson attacks that resulted in the deaths of 26 people over the past seven years. During proceedings at Leeds Crown Court, prosecutor Gerald Coles provided a harrowing account of Lee's actions, indicating that he would roam...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 23 Jan 1973

A Nasty Character ‘more Challenging’ (Press, 23 January 1973)
Mrs Patsy Baldwin, who plays a principal role in the Court Theatre’s upcoming production of "What the Butler Saw," spoke about the challenges of portraying a nasty character compared to a nice one during an interview in Christchurch on 23 January 1973. The play, written by English playwright Joe Orton,...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 23 Jan 1969

Argument About “pot” Report On Cannabis And The... (Press, 23 January 1969)
W. F. Deedes, a Conservative Party M.P. for Ashford, has expressed concerns regarding the implications of the Wootton Committee's report on cannabis, or "pot," in an article published in the Daily Telegraph on 23 January 1969. He describes the report as a significant political dilemma for the Home Secretary, caught...
Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 23 Jan 1964

Charles Aberhart is beaten to death by a group of teenagers in Hagley Park (Christchurch, New Zealand)

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